Answer “YES” when you will be asked to download the installation files. A system reboot is needed in order to activate tools but if you cannot do it right now you can go around by issuing the following command: That’s it. Now you can enjoy full functionality with you Debian 9 virtual machine in VMware. How to install Kali Linux on VMWare Player. Download official Kali Linux ISO Image from here. Select your the.iso image you just downloaded, click “Next”. Then select “Linux” - “Debian 8.x 64-bit” (or 32-bit if you downloaded 32-bit iso image). Select the Virtual Machine location of your choice and name it.
You run the Linux bundle installer to install Workstation on a Linux host system. On most Linux distributions, the Linux bundle installer launches a GUI wizard. On some Linux distributions, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1, the bundle installer launches a command-line wizard instead of a GUI wizard. You can run the installer with the --console option to install Workstation in a terminal window.
Remote connections and virtual machine sharing are enabled by default when you install Workstation. With remote connections, you can connect to remote hosts and run remote virtual machines. With virtual machine sharing, you can create virtual machines that other instances of Workstation can access remotely.
Shared virtual machines are stored in the shared virtual machines directory, where VMware Workstation Server (vmware-workstation-server) manages them. Remote users connect to VMware Workstation Server through HTTPS port 443 on the host system.
To change the shared virtual machines directory or select a different port during the installation process, you must specify the --custom option. You can also change the shared virtual machines directory, select a different port, and disable remote connections and virtual machine sharing after Workstation is installed by modifying the Shared VMs Workstation preference setting. See Using VMware Workstation for more information.
■ | Verify that no incompatible VMware products are installed on the host system. See Installing Workstation with Other VMware Products. |
Obtain the Workstation software and license key. See Obtaining the Workstation Software and License Key. | |
■ | If you plan to use the Integrated Virtual Debugger for Eclipse, install it on the host system. See Installing the Integrated Virtual Debuggers for Eclipse and Visual Studio. |
Compile the real-time clock function into the Linux kernel. | |
■ | Verify that the parallel port PC-style hardware option (CONFIG_PARPORT_PC) is built and loaded as a kernel module and that it is set to m when the kernel is compiled. |
Familiarize yourself with the Linux command-line installation options. You must use the --custom option to specify certain configuration settings. See Linux Command Line Installation Options. | |
■ | Verify that you have root access on the host system. |
2 | Become root. For example: su root The command that you use depends on your Linux distribution and configuration. | |||||
If you are installing Workstation from the installation media, mount the Workstation installation media. | ||||||
4 | Change directories to the directory that contains the Workstation installer file.
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Run the appropriate Workstation installer for the host system. For example: sh VMware-Workstation-xxxx-xxxx.architecture.bundle [--option] xxxx-xxxx is the version and build numbers, architecture is i386 or x86_64, and option is a command line option. | ||||||
6 | Accept the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) Tool license agreement. If you are using the --console option or installing Workstation on a host system that does not support the GUI wizard, press Enter to scroll through and read the license agreement or type q to skip to the [yes/no] prompt. | |||||
Follow the prompts to finish the installation. |
After Workstation is installed, vmware-workstation-server starts on the host system. vmware-workstation-server starts whenever you restart the host system.
In this guide, we will walk you through the installation of a Debian 9 (Stretch) Minimal Server, using the netinstall CD ISO image. This installation you will carry out is appropriate for building a future customizable server platform, without a GUI (Graphical User Interface).
You can use it to install only the necessary software packages that you need to work with, which we will show you in future guides. However, before you move further, read the system requirements, download the netinstall CD ISO image and then proceed to the Debian 9 installation instructions.
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Requirements
Minimum Systems Requirements:
- RAM 64 MB
- Hard disk space: 1GB
Important: These are only values for a test scenario, in a production environment, you probably want to use suitable RAM and Hard disk size to meet your local environment needs.
Download Debian 9
Debian 9 server system network installation minimal CD image:
![Debian Debian](/uploads/1/2/5/5/125538066/940064687.png)
- For 32-bit: Debian-9.0.0-i386-netinst.iso (i386)
- For 64-bit: Debian-9.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso (x86_64 / amd64)
Installation of Debian 9 Minimal Server
1. After downloading the Debian 9 minimal CD image from the above links, burn it to a CD or create a bootable USB stick using LiveUSB Creator called Unetbootin or Etcher.
2. Once you have created the installer bootable media, place your CD/USB into your system appropriate drive.
Then start the computer, select your bootable device and the first Debian 9 installer boot menu should appear as shown below. Choose Graphical Install and press [Enter] key.
3. The system will start loading media installer and a page to select the installation language should appear as shown below. Select your installation process language and click on Continue.
Select Debian 9 Installation Language
Configuring Location, Locales and Keyboard Settings
4. Now select your location used for setting the system timezone and locales, if not on the list go to Other and click on Continue. Find the region and then country. Once your done click Continue as shown below.
Select Location Region
5. Now configure the system locales (language and country combination) and click Continue.
Configure Country Locales
6. Next, choose your Keyboard Layout to use and click Continue.
7. The installer will now load components from the CD shown below.
Debian 9 Installer Components
Configure Hostname and Domain Name
8. The next step is to set your system hostname and domain name and click Continue.
Set Debian 9 Domain Name
Configure Users and Password
9. Here, you will configure system users and their passwords. Start by setting the root user password as shown below and click Continue when your done.
10. Then create a user account for the system administrator. First set the user’s full name as shown below and click Continue when you are done.
Setup Debian 9 User Account
11. In this step, set the user’s system name and click Continue.
12. Now set the above user’s password and click Continue.
Set Debian 9 User Password
Debian 9 Partitioning Disk
13. On the next screen, choose Manuel to perform disk partitioning.
Note: You can select Guided – use entire disk and setup LVM (Logical Volume Manager) as partition layout for efficient disk space management and follow the instructions.
14. You will see an overview of your current system disks and mount points. Select the disk to be partitioned and click Continue.
After that, select Yes to create a new empty partition table on the disk.
Overview of Disks
15. Next, select the free space on the disk to partition it and click Continue.
Select Free Space to Partition
Creating Swap Partition
16. Now create the Swap area by selecting Create a new partition and set appropriate size as shown in the screen shots below. Then click Continue.
Set Swap Size
17. Set swap partition as Primary and choose the Beginning of the free space on disk and click Continue.
Set Swap Partition to Beginning
18. Now set partition as Swap area as shown in the following two screen shots.
Select Swap Area
19. Now select Done setting up partition and click Continue.
Create Root Partition
20. In this step, you can now create the root partition by selecting the free space, then select Create new partition. Afterwards set the root partition size, make it Primary and set it at the Beginning of the free space.
Then use Ext4 file system on it and finally select Done setting up partition and click Continue as shown in the following screen shots.
Select Free Space to Create Root Partition
Set Root Partition Size
Set Root Partition as Beginning
Create Home Partition
21. Similarly to create a
/home
partition follow the same instruction as explained above using the remaining free space.22. Once you have created all the necessary partitions, click on Finish partitioning and write changes to disk.
Click on Write Changes to Disk
Finalizing Debian 9 Installation Process
23. At this point, installation of the base system should begin as shown below.
24. Now configure the package manager as shown in the screen shot below. Select No and click Continue.
Configure Debian 9 Package Manager
25. Afterwards, press Esc to continue without a network mirror by selecting Yes. Then click Continue.
26. Next, choose whether to participate in the package usage survey or not. Then click Continue.
Configure Popularity Contest
27. Now install standard system utilities and click Continue.
28. In this step, you will install the Grub boot loader by choosing Yes. After which you should choose the disk to install it.
Install Debian 9 Grub Boot Loader
29. Finally, the installation is done, click Continue to reboot the machine and remove the bootable media, then boot in your system and login.
Debian 9 Installation Completed
That’s all. You now have a working a Debian 9 (Stretch) Minimal Server for developing a future customizable server platform. If you are looking to deploy a web server such as Apache or Nginx, go through these following articles.
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